Dolphin Bay Brief
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2023
December 2023
This has been a year of serious challenges. Dolphin Bay’s vision for the future propels us forward and, we trust, will help to safeguard our industry.
Newsletter stories:
- Uncertainty, stability, and technological renewal
- Harnessing negativity
- Feast, famine, and hanging on tight
We hope you enjoy reading about it!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
November 2023
Our industry faces serious quality and legal challenges. While tackling these head-on, we’ve found a new way of coping: to make sure we’re having enough fun!
Newsletter stories:
- Taking a strong stand on quality
- New regulations cause concern
- NEMA amendment act stokes uncertainty
- Dolphin Bay assists with Merensky Timber’s Cape Town relocation
- Taking fun (a little) seriously
We hope you’ll enjoy reading how.
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
September 2023
This newsletter explores a ground-breaking report about uprooting corruption; outlines the reasons for great confusion – and some closures – in the Ugandan timber treatment industry, and introduces the new leadership at PSP Timbers.
Newsletter stories:
- How corruption starts – and ends
- Ugandan timber treatment industry felled by export ban
- Mossel Bay plant goes solar
- PSP Timbers: the power of family
We trust you will find it interesting!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
July 2023
This high-level edition of the Dolphin Bay Brief sheds light on several big-picture developments, from new East African standards to a battle over regulations, and gives some gritty industry tips.
Newsletter stories:
- SAWPA ensures delay in regulations citing “banned” CCA
- Eastern African industry sets new standards
- Auto Strength Detector now available
- The human face of automation
- Automation – gearing your plant for the future
- No action against illegal timber treaters
- NBI works tirelessly to solve SA’s challenges
We trust you will find it helpful!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
April 2023
We’ve cast far and wide for the stories in this edition, ironing out confusion about economic trends, describing a new customer’s inspiring business model, and giving a few industry tips.
Newsletter stories:
- “Forward-thinking” Komaza partners with Dolphin Bay
- Understanding (And Operating In) a weird economy
- Commissioning our Sabie factory
- Industry moves towards realistic prices
- Giving you confidence on fixation
- The trouble with XRF Machines
We trust you will find it helpful!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
February 2023
This newsletter showcases advances in technology, including the automation of our Sabie factory and an innovation to replace titration.
Newsletter stories:
- Welcome to our modern, automated Sabie factory
- New technology gives CCA solution strength in seconds
- “Bending over backwards” for Miro’s upgrade
- Loadshedding: the ramifications for timber treatment
- Solution to your digital marketing needs
We trust you will find it interesting.
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD